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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, curved rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, oxidase and lysine decarboxylase positive, hemolytic, halophilic and can use a wide variety of sugars as carbon sources. V. parahaemolyticus is a marine organism and a pathogen that causes gastroenteritis and wound infections. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Vibrio parahaemolyticus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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